red herring
noun
• a dried smoked herring, which is turned red by the smoke.
• a clue or piece of information which is or is intended to be misleading or distracting.
• "the book is fast-paced, exciting, and full of red herrings"
Similar:
bluff,
blind,
ruse,
feint,
deception,
subterfuge,
hoax,
trick,
ploy,
device,
wile,
sham,
pretence,
artifice,
cover,
smokescreen,
distraction,
expedient,
contrivance,
machination,
dodge,
put-on,
put-up job,
